Information and opinions on health from Bruce Stocker at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/682482/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/682482/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/682482/index http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/682482/75494/surgery Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:23:03 -0400 Bruce Stocker Surgery, it is always a frightening word to here when your doctor comes to talk to you. I know with me, when my cardiologist walked into my room and said it had to be open heart surgery, it felt as though I went numb. I had never had surgery before except for tonsils as a child and carpal tunnel. When I thought of having my chest cracked open and having my heart operated on I thought the worse. My surgeon came in to explain it all to me and... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/682482/75494/surgery